History

A graphic account of the planning and execution of Operation Overlord, as well as the campaign which effectively destroyed the German forces in France, opening the way for the Allied advance.

What are the real Swedish Values? Who is the real Swedish Model?

In recent times, we have come to favour all things Scandi - their food, furnishings, fiction, fashion, and general way of life. We seem to regard the Swedes and their Scandinavian neighbours as altogether more sophisticated, admirable, ...

A guide to all the locations used in the series "A History of Britain", offering details on the sites used and relevant to the series. Film by film the book highlights the main locations, providing information on ownership, visiting times and an explanation of why that particular site was chosen.

His revolutionary activities, treasonable plots, jail break and fugitive status make Rowan's remarkable life as a 'god-provoking democrat' an astounding and gripping adventure.

A portrait of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the darkest figures of Hitler's elite and the designer and executor of the Holocaust, featuring in-depth interviews with those who knew him best.

Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2017Early in the morning of Monday 8 July 1895, thirteen-year-old Robert Coombes and his twelve-year-old brother Nattie set out from their small, yellow-brick terraced house in East London to watch a cricket match at Lord's. Their father had gone to ...

We know from inscriptions that the official Roman name for Colchester was Colonia Claudia Vitricensis, the colony of Claudius the Victorious, though it is possible that the latter title was not added until after the Romans had defeated Queen Boudicca (Boadicea). Camulodunum, which means 'fortress of ...

Covering the development of the atomic bomb during the Second World War, the origins and early course of the Cold War, and the advent of the hydrogen bomb in the early 1950s, Churchill and the Bomb explores a still neglected aspect of Winston Churchill's career - his relationship with and thinking on ...

This is the story of the most enthralling and significant post-war intelligence revelations as told by Britain's most authoritative writer on espionage and the secret services.

Fashion featured in black-letter broadside ballads over a hundred years before fashion magazines appeared in England.

An account of remarkable bravery during the Second World War which resulted in the saving of tens of thousands of people from the Holocaust.

Complete history of Greece during World War II and Civil War.

The life of two countries, England and Germany, in many stories.

In 1957, there were over a thousand men in prison for 'homosexual offences'. A little over half a century later, homosexuality is an active part of the mainstream. Homosexuality has a public profile - on TV, in film and in literature and popular culture. When did today's fairly open discourse on homosexuality ...

In this thrilling book, Sarah-Louise Miller celebrates the Women's Auxiliary Air Force's wartime contribution to British military intelligence. Hidden behind the Few but vital to their success, WAAFs supplied the RAF with life-saving information. Here, for the first time, is their story.

Putting the Women Back into Roman History

An inter-disciplinary and innovative exploration of the all-pervasive nature of Stalinism and its afterlife in Russia today.

A groundbreaking examination of female power in pre-Islamic Arabia

The astonishing true story of how Catherine the Great joined forces with a Quaker doctor from Essex to spearhead a groundbreaking public health campaign

Science and religion have always been at each other's throats, right?